The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing ...

Carl Sagan famously said that "We're all made of star stuff." But he didn't elaborate on how that actually happened. Yes, ...

Cosmic dust trapped, or blocked, by Arctic ice allowed researchers to map 30,000 years of sea-ice history. Their findings ...

A glacier’s edge can be a dangerous place to do research. This team is using robots and sound samples to monitor the melting ice.

New research reveals how the speed of ocean currents and the shape of the seabed influence the amount of heat flowing ...

If you've ever encountered street vendors selling Turkish ice cream, you've undoubtedly seen their playful displays as they serve up their uniquely stretchy frozen treat. Videos of vendors selling it ...

Immigrant advocates stopped a large-scale federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency operation near Canal St. Saturday by blocking the entrance to a Chinatown garage where the masked agents ...

Shaina Sadai has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Hitz Family Foundation. Ambarish Karmalkar receives funding from National Science Foundation. When polar ice sheets melt, ...

As glaciers and ice sheets retreat, they are exposing objects, organisms, and landscapes that have been locked away for centuries or even millennia. Those revelations are reshaping how I understand ...

Abril Aldama followed her mother out of the Newport High School building on Sept. 17, curious why she was being picked up before the school day had ended. That’s when Aldama’s mom told her that her ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how ...

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